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Chapter 1517 The light of the lighthouse illuminates the South Sea

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    Four days later, the fleet arrived at Eluanbi, the southernmost tip of Taiwan Island.

    Eluanbi, also known as Nanjiao, faces Luzon across the Bashi Strait.  It is named because it is connected to the Hengchun Hills in the north, connected to the mountains and surrounded by the sea, and protrudes like a goose's nose.

    There is a Qixingyan reef in the sea south of Eluanbi. When the fleet directly under the garrison was training in the Bashi Channel, a serious accident occurred on the rocks. Afterwards, a striking lighthouse was erected on Qixingyan and Eluanbi as a sign.

    Among the two lighthouses, the Eluanbi Lighthouse is the main one.  It is said to be a lighthouse, but it is actually an armed tower. The tower is painted white and has a masonry concrete structure. It is 60 meters high and has five floors, including warehouses, forts, and barracks.

    There are trench walls and barbed wire outside the lighthouse.  The entire top of the tower is a water storage platform. Rainwater is collected along cement pipes into four large reservoirs under the tower. After sedimentation and filtration, it can be self-sufficient for 400 people.

    This may be the most expensive lighthouse in the world at present. The construction cost is as high as 150,000 taels of silver, and an additional 50,000 taels of funds are needed every year to maintain the garrison.

    ¡°But this expenditure is necessary because the security situation in Taiwan remains severe.  The lighthouse is surrounded by high mountains, and the mountains are full of cannibals who refuse to be civilized.  There are also Nanyang pirates on the sea. If you don't build a solid turtle shell, you will be robbed by Chucao in minutes.

    And the Kenting weather station is also located on the tower, which can provide valuable typhoon warnings for Taiwan and mainland China.

    The Dengta police station worked closely with the Kenting security team to support the local Langjiao people of the Pingpu ethnic group who continuously went into the mountains to clear out the area and set fire to the villages, forcing the people living in the mountains to move far north, and they were basically extinct in the Hengchun Peninsula.

    This way the management committee can carry out animal husbandry on the Hengchun Plain with peace of mind.  Otherwise, no matter how many cattle you raise, there won¡¯t be enough cattle to rob.

    Especially in the past two years, there has been no peace in Luzon. A large number of refugees have crossed the Bashi Strait and sought refuge on Taiwan Island.  If it weren't for the strong military presence to deter them, would they be able to obey the command of the management committee obediently and, after simple training and education, be incorporated into various pastures to herd cows and milk them?

    Therefore, we can never just calculate economic accounts. Without safety as the starting point, no matter how many zeros the economy creates, it will be a meal for robbers.

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    It was late at night when the fleet arrived at Eluanbi, but the bright light emitted by the lighthouse was still clearly visible on the sea more than ten miles away.  It is said that when the weather is clear, the light projected by the lighthouse can be seen fifty miles away, drawing a wonderful arc on the dark sea.

    In fact, the light source of the lighthouse is the whale oil lamp.  Whales often appear in the waters of Qixingyan, but just burning whale oil is far from achieving this level of brightness.

    This is thanks to the 11th Institute of Xishan Island Research Center - Institute of Optics.  After accepting the commission from the Coast Guard, the researchers first fired a cylindrical glass tube to cover the brazier for burning whale oil, so that the flame could burn stably and fully. This solved the problem of the erratic and flickering fire light, allowing  The brightness of the flame suddenly increased six to seven times.

    After the light source was stabilized, the researchers tried to install a curved mirror behind the light source and a Fresnel lens in front of it. Of course, Feizi would not be born until two hundred years later, so Mr. Zhao said in his book "Optical Principles" that  Name it the lighthouse lens.

    This not only greatly increases the light projection distance, but also greatly reduces the weight of the lens, allowing the administrator to easily rotate the base of the light table so that the light can slowly illuminate a large area of ????the sea.

    Under the guidance of the lighthouse, the fleet arrived at the Houbihu Coast Guard Pier accurately and entered the port smoothly under the leadership of the pilot boat.

    The pier was brightly lit, the fort fired a twenty-one-gun salute, and the coast guard ships of all sizes were hoisted with flags and signaled with lights to express the highest welcome to the Commander-in-Chief.

    When Zhao Hao landed, he saw a red carpet on the pier, and the Coast Guard honor guard in formal uniforms lined up strictly.

    Jin Ke, the commander and political commissar of Taiwan¡¯s garrison area with three gold stars on his white police cap, and Ma Yinglong, the police commissioner of the Coast Guard Strategic Fleet with two gold stars, and a group of senior police officers have been waiting for a long time.

    In the solemn "Marine Police March", Mr. Zhao's commander-in-chief's flag slowly rose on the pier.

    After Zhao Hao reviewed the honor guard, he ordered them to be taken back to rest immediately, and all warships immediately turned off their lights.

    Then he said to Jin Ke: "Add another one to the regulations. At night or in bad weather, all welcome ceremonies will be cancelled. No matter how important the sense of ceremony is, it cannot affect the rest and health of the officers and soldiers."

    Jin Ke quickly wrote it down.

    "Where is Lao Wang?" Zhao Hao had long discovered that his top thug, fleet commander Wang Rulong, was not present.

    "Oh, don't mention it. He ate stewed dog meat the day before yesterday, and his stomach was rolling in pain in the middle of the night." Jin Ke smiled bitterly and said: "The doctor said it was acute intestinal carbuncle. If it can't be fixed, he will need an operation."nbsp; "It's not together with the castle. It's thirty miles away from the mouth of the Pasig River, in a natural harbor surrounded by headlands, guarding the mouth of the bay, echoing the enemies in the castle." Jinke frowned: "And they are here  Forts and castles have also been built in the military port. The military quality of these red-haired ghosts is extremely high. This battle will not be easy to fight."

    As he spoke, he changed the topic and said proudly: "But because of this, this battle must be fought early, because the later it is, the more difficult it will be!"

    Then he explained: "I heard that their methods are very clever. They are not just killing and intimidating. It is said that they have recovered an indigenous tribe called the Pampanga people. The Pampanga people have sent troops to assist them in fighting everywhere. Give it time and wait for them to stand firm.  Keep a firm foothold, if we want to replace it, we will have to pay a higher price."

    ps. The war is about to begin, so we need to gather our thoughts. Today is the chapter.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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